Director Tina Bull has joined the roster of production/post company Humble, which is headed by president/exec producer Eric Berkowitz. Bull began her career on title sequences for the BBC and CH4. Her hands-on design approach meant that she was responsible for all aspects of the job from conception through to compositing, resulting in an in depth knowledge of all aspects of postproduction. This ability to cross her intricate design skills with character development and emotive performance saw Bull's work rapidly move into the commercial world. A former creative director at London-based advertising/design house English & Pockett, Bull honed her skills producing high-end brand identities for a broad range of media and entertainment services and as a result won worldwide Promax Gold Awards four straight years. Her spotmaking credits span such clients as British Airways, P&G, Bendigo Bank, Unilever, Nestle, Yamaha and Neutrogena….Spatial Harmonics Group, a Venice, Calif.-based visual effects/creative content development studio founded last year by creative director/VFX supervisor Wayne England, has named Marie Soto to serve as executive producer. Soto's experience includes senior production and sales roles with Belief Design, Riot and @radical.media. She will manage new business development and sales for Spatial Harmonics Group, which has turned out such recent work as visual effects for the feature film Green Lantern and ad projects for AT&T, Lexus and Toyota's Scion….Postique, a Southfield, Mich.-based division of Grace & Wild, Inc., has brought motion graphics artist Alex Chapman and graphics assistant Jason Martin to its Design Group. Chapman comes over from Root Learning where she worked in both the video & effects editing, and concepting illustration departments. Martin most recently served as multimedia team leader/project manager for Ford Motor Co…..
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
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